Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: Long-term use of agency workers acceptable
The German Federal Labour Court (BAG) has recently reversed a ruling of a lower court by deciding that no direct employment relationship exists between an employer and an agency worker, even when the agency worker carries out their duties on a long-term basis rather than for a short, defined time span …
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Germany: Work email no facility for spreading a call to strike
In a recent decision, the Federal Labour Court of Germany has ruled that employees may not use its company email account to spread a call for strike against the employer …
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Germany: Implementation of national minimum wage
The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, has agreed to introduce a national minimum wage …
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Germany: Bank forced to retract gross misconduct findings
The German Deutsche Bank has launched an appeal against a court order to reinstate four traders accused of inappropriately communicating with other traders over benchmark inter-bank lending rates …
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Germany: Calculation of minimum wage rates for posted workers
Following a request for a preliminary ruling from Germany, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that, when calculating the minimum rates of pay for a posted worker, other elements of remuneration may be included in the calculation …
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Germany: Fighting against abuse of contracts for work
A draft Bill “to fight the misuse of contracts for work (Werkvertrag) and to prevent evasion of labour law obligations” has been put before the federal government of Germany …
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Germany: No claim for sex discrimination
The Federal Labour Court of Germany has recently denied a claim for compensation for sex discrimination after a pregnant employee was dismissed during her trial period …
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Germany: Temporary worker pay increase agreed
The wages of temporary workers in Germany are due to increase from January 1st 2014 following the conclusion of an agreement between the DGB Wage Committee and the employers’ associations IGZ and BAP …
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Germany: Social security base values published
The German Federal Cabinet has just published its base values for social security insurances for 2014 — subject to ratification by the Upper House …
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Germany: Employees may be obliged to use electronic signature
In its judgment of September 26th 2013, the German Federal Labour Court ruled that employers may require an employee to apply for an electronic signature or an electronic signature card, if necessary for the performance of their work — even if it requires the submission of passport data …
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